Improved bottle-stopper



UNITED STATES PATENT OEErcE.

y TEEononE A. WEBER, oE NEw Yoan, N. Y.

IMPRovi-:D BOTTLE-STOPPER.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. (6,270, dated July 2,1867.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEoDoRE A. WEBER, of New York, in the county of NewYork and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedBottle-Stopper 5 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which-Figure l is a view of one side of the stopple applied to a bottle. Fig.2 is another view of the stopple. Fig. 3 is a vertical section throughthe center o f the stopple and its fastenings applied to a bottle. Fig.4 is a top view of the stopple. Fig. 5 is a bottom view of the stopple,showin g the elastic diaphragm.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts in theseveral figures.

The object of my invention is to facilitate the llin g of bottles withliquids which are highly charged with gas, and which require to be thuspreserved for use, by so constructing a movable stopple with an elasticselfclosing diaphragm that when secured over the mouth of a bottle aliquid under pressure of gas can be conveniently drawn from a reservoirinto the bottle and retained therein withf out losing its gas, as willbe hereinafter described.

'Io enable others skilled in the art to understand my invention, I 4willdescribe its con- A circular piece of india-rubber, b, is applied to thebottom of the cap e and suitably stretched over a ring, e, which latteris conned in place by closing the rim of the cap around it, as shown inFig. 3. Thus the indiarubber diaphragm, the ring, and the cap aresecured rmly together.

`Surrounding the hole which is .through the the funnel c small holes aremade through the rubber diaphragm b, as shown in Figs. 3 and 5, throughwhich holes the liquid is forced into the bot-tlc, when that portion ofthe diaphragm which closes the opening through the cap a is pressedinward. A wire, h, is passed through the ears or lugs g of the cap a,and bent as shown in Figs. l and 2; and this wire is fastened to theneck of the 'bottle A by means of a wire, r, which latter is so bentaround the hooked ends of the wire h as to allow the latter to vibratelaterally. Thus, by sliding the stopple upward on wire h, the whole canbe slipped sidewise from the top or mouth of the bottle. rIhe centralportion of the wire h is bent in theA form of a half-circle, to allow ofthe insertion, through the funnel c, of the delivering-spout of thereservoir containing the liquid under pressure. Another wire, m, is sobent as to form an eccentric, as shown, which, in the position of Figs.l, 2, and 3, holds the stopple lirmly upon the top of the bottle, andwhen turned over, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2, will releasethe stopple and allow it to be slipped laterally from over the mouth ofthe bottle. The curved ends o of the eccentric should press upon the capa a little on one side of the center, about which they turn, so that thepressure of the gas in a bottle will tend to make said ends hold iirmly.

To till a bottle covered with the stopple the reservoir containing thecharged liquid must be provided with a suitable faucet having anindia-rubber ring surrounding its nozzle, which will form a tight jointbetween the outside of the faucet and the stopple; and, furthermore, itwould perhaps be desirable to have lateral channelsl cut into the nozzleof the faucet, through which, when the point or end of this faucet isforced down upon lthe diaphragm b, the liuid can pass laterally andescape into the bottle through the holes which are through thediaphragm; otherwise the force of the fluid must separate said diaphragmfrom the nozzle of the faucet, and thus find its passage into thebottle. Vhen the point of the faucet is withdrawn the diaphragm willinstantly close the opening through the cap a by its con traction andthe internal force of gas against it. The fluid is drawn from the bottleby pressing down the diaphragm b, or by remov4 ing the stopplelaterally, as beforeexplained.

It will be seen, by reference to Fig. 3, that the india-rubber diaphragmb not only serves to close the hole through the cap a by pressing andbeing pressed against the opening which is through the funnel c, butthis diaphragm also forms a perfectly tight joint between the cap a andthe mouth of the bottle to which the stopple is applied.

Having described my invention7 what I claim as new7 and desire to secureby Letters Patent, s

l. The combination of the cap a and elastic diaphragm I), the latterbeing perforated and applied to said cap, substantially as and for thepurposes described.

2. The combination of a perforated cap, a, a perforated diaphragm, b,and a ring, e, when adapted for being held down tight upon a bottle,substantially as described.

i 3. The cap a, diaphragm b, with or Without ring e, stirrup h, andeccentric m, all combined and adapted to serve the purpose explained.

THEODORE A.' WEBER.

fitnesses ROBERT OREUZBAUR, ADOLPH MAHLER.

